Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . o surrender. He chose themore valiant course, and haranguing hismen in the following words he led them outto assault the Manchua lines. I will notlose a moment in exposing to you the dan-ger which threatens us, it must be evident toyourselves. Your valor alone can avail tosecure safety for us all. Success is notimpossible, but it will require a great effortof valor on your part. W
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . o surrender. He chose themore valiant course, and haranguing hismen in the following words he led them outto assault the Manchua lines. I will notlose a moment in exposing to you the dan-ger which threatens us, it must be evident toyourselves. Your valor alone can avail tosecure safety for us all. Success is notimpossible, but it will require a great effortof valor on your part. Whom have we tofight after all? Men already weakened anddiscouraged by two defeats, and who somuch feared a third battle that all our effortsto bring them to an engagement part which alone remains for us is notdoubtful. If we must perish, let it be witharms in our hands. Is it not better to sellour lives like brave men than to fall inglori-ously under the steel of the Tartars? A Terrible was the impetuosity of the Chineseonslaught that after four hours fighting theManchus ^ were driven from their firstentrenchments. The Chinese were as muchelated as their adversaries were depressed by.
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